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Year
1462
was a
Common Year Starting On Friday
(link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian Calendar
.
EVENTS OF 1462
Settlers from
Portugal
begin to settle the
Cape Verde
islands.
March 28
- Death of
Vasili II Of Russia
. Succeeded by his son
Ivan III Of Russia
.
June 17
-
Vlad III Dracula
attempts to assassinate
Mehmed II
in the
Night Attack
, and the latter is forced to retreat from
Wallachia
.
September 17
-
Battle Of Świecino
, called also Battle of Żarnowiec, during
Thirteen Years' War
Jews
expelled from
Mainz
,
Germany
BIRTHS
January 2
-
Piero Di Cosimo
, Italian artist (died
1521
)
February 1
-
Johannes Trithemius
, German scholar and cryptographer (died
1516
)
June 27
-
Louis XII Of France
(died
1515
)
''date unknown''
---
Joanna La Beltraneja
, princess of Castile (died
1530
)
---
Jodocus Badius
, Flemish printer (died
1535
)
''probable'' -
Edmund Dudley
, minister of Henry VII of England (died
1510
)
DEATHS
February 26
-
John De Vere, 12th Earl Of Oxford
(born
1408
)
March 27
-
Vasili II Of Russia
, Grand Prince of Moscow (b.
1415
)
''date unknown''
---
Esen Buqa II
, King of Moghulistan
---
Niccolo Of Lesbos
, last Prince of Lesbos
---
Dài Jìn
, Chinese painter (b.
1388
)